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Police officers arrest protesters in Parliament Square on 12 July 2025 who were holding placards in support of Palestine Action, which has been banned under anti-terrorism laws. Being a member of, or showing support for, the activist group is now illegal in the UK. Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Reuters

Report: Here’s What’s Happened Since the Palestine Action Ban

Harriet Williamson

This weekend more protesters will risk arrest under terror legislation by defying the proscription of Palestine Action. Here’s a run down of what’s happened since the ban.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham speaks during a demonstration agains1t cuts to the winter fuel allowance. Photo: Tejas Sandhu / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect

Report: Unite Votes for Israel Arms Embargo

Polly Smythe

Unite has voted to support workers who refuse to handle Israeli weapons. Is this the first step towards an ‘arms embargo from below?’ Polly Smythe reports.

NHS lanyards with watermelon image on top and a cross made with Israeli flag colours

Report: Revealed: How Pro-Israel Lawyers Threatened NHS Over Palestine Badges

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: UK Lawyers for Israel pressured a London NHS trust to ban symbols of Palestinian solidarity among staff. Three healthcare workers are now taking legal action against the trust for discrimination. Harriet Williamson reports.

Novara Live: More Than 20 Arrested in Support of Palestine Action

Arrests have been made following the proscription of Palestine Action Plus, Austerity looms for Keir Starmer, Tony Blair’s staff involvement in the ‘Gaza Riviera’ project and Yanis Varoufakis on UK politics, Palestine and the US. With Ash Sarkar, David Adler and Yanis Varoufakis

Report: Novara Media Writes to Attorney General Requesting Clarification on Palestine Action Ban

Rivkah Brown

Novara Media’s directors have written to Lord Richard Hermer KC asking him to clarify how the proscription of Palestine Action will affect journalists. Rivkah Brown reports.

A protester gives a V finger sign while being handcuffed by workers on a crane

Opinion: Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective

Rivkah Brown

The direct action group has closed factories, scuppered contracts and dented share prices. There’s no way Yvette Cooper could’ve allowed Palestine Action's runaway success to continue, writes Rivkah Brown.

BBC headquarters in London

Report: BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals

Harriet Williamson

An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades of occupation and violence against Palestinians. Harriet Williamson reports.

A demonstrator with a face covering in the colours of the Palestinian flag attends a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, April 2024. Hollie Adams/Reuters

Opinion: Reform Is Reheating the Burqa Ban. It’s Obvious Why

Nadeine Asbali

Sarah Pochin's one-woman crusade to revive support for banning Muslim face-coverings is a tedious side swipe at the Palestine movement, writes Nadeine Asbali.

A man in a yellow tabard puts up a Palestine flag near a street lamp with large white buildings in the background

Report: ‘Listen to Your Own Workers’ on Gaza, Union Tells Whitehall Bosses

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: In a letter to civil service leaders, the union representing 190,000 officials demanded they heed staff calls to change course on Gaza. Some think the union could go further. Rivkah Brown reports.

Labour MP for Pontypridd Alex Davies-Jones. Credit: House of Commons

Report: Palestine Activists Convicted of Harassment After Questioning MP

Harriet Williamson

Palestine activists tell Novara Media about the violent and 'cruel' treatment they received from police, after asking their MP to clarify her record on Gaza.

Sueda Polat in a still from The Encampments

Interview: Columbia University ‘Stupidity’ on Gaza Encampments Radicalised Students Worldwide

Juliet Jacques

The Encampments co-director speaks to Juliet Jacques about unexpected audience responses to his film, the importance of media literacy and the detention of Mahmoud Khalil.

Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith

Opinion: 20 Months Into the Genocide, Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan Discover Their Backbones

Nadeine Asbali

The bleeding-heart Gaza letter signed by a dazzling array of literary heavyweights is pitifully overdue, writes English teacher Nadeine Asbali.

Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, September 2024. Amir Cohen/Reuters

Report: Britain’s Biggest Pension Fund Invests in Israeli Weapons Firm Elbit Systems

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: Millions of UK workers are unknowingly funding Israel’s genocide in Gaza via their Nest pension contributions. Harriet Williamson reports.

A youth with a scarf in Palestinian colours takes part in a protest in Majd al-Krum, northern Israel, October 2019. Ammar Awad/Reuters

Feature: Israeli Citizenship Doesn’t Protect Palestinians From Home Demolitions

Julian Sayarer

A Palestinian neighbourhood in Galilee facing demolition dismantles the myth that Israel is a democracy, writes Julian Sayarer.

Report: The UK Decides Whether Israel Is Committing War Crimes By… Asking Israel

Simon Childs

The UK government’s assessment of whether Israel is committing war crimes - and therefore if it should keep on sending military supplies - is based on what Israel does or doesn’t say. Simon Childs reports.

The Emirates Stadium in London, England. Stefan Koops/EYE4images/NurPhoto/Reuters

Report: Arsenal Sued For Unfair Dismissal of Employee Who Supported Palestine

Polly Smythe

Legal team of Arsenal kit manager of 22 years who was fired on Christmas Eve argue the club prioritised a perceived PR risk over the right to political expression. Polly Smythe reports.

A Palestinian artist draws a mural depicting ‘Nakba’ in Gaza City, 14 May 2011.

Opinion: Nakba Day 2025: We Existed Then, We Exist Now, We Will Continue to Exist

Selma Dabbagh

For 77 years, Palestinians have had to be expert explainers of their own existence, writes British-Palestinian author Selma Dabbagh.

A man carries the dead body of a child as he attends the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 3 May 2025. Hatem Khaled/Reuters

Report: Independent MPs Shame Lobby Journalists for Not Doing Their Jobs in the Face of Genocide

Harriet Williamson

Exclusive: The Independent Alliance MPs have delivered nearly 100 handbooks to Westminster journalists suggesting basic questions they could ask Keir Starmer to hold him to account on Gaza. Harriet Williamson reports.

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